Table 1: Mean bone loss in height 3 months after dental extraction.
|
N |
Mean (SD) height loss 3 months after extraction (mm)
|
Mean height loss 3 months after extraction (%)
|
P-valuea
|
Mono-radicular teeth |
72 |
0.72 (0.61) |
5.45 (4.41) |
0.982 |
Pluri-radicular teeth |
23 |
0.73 (0.74) |
5.64 (5.42) |
Total |
95 |
0.72 (0.71) |
5.53 (5.19) |
|
a Statistical significance level was defined at P = 0.05.
N = total number of tooth extracted, with mono-radicular and pluri-radicular teeth.
t-test was performed to compare the mean bone loss between mono- and pluri-radicular teeth.